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Rob Enderle Announces Death of Bluetooth

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the we-hardly-knew-ye dept.

prostoalex writes "Rob Enderle is typing away (perhaps even on his very own Ferrari laptop) at Intel Developer Forum, noting that Intel gave up on IEEE Ultrawideband and decided to switch to Wireless USB derivative. This, in Mr. Enderle's opinion, signifies the end of life for Bluetooth standard, although Enderle calls Bluetooth 'dead' in the title of the article and 'all but dead' in the actual text."

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  1. Yawn. by Raven42rac · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Rob Enderle is a pretentious fucker. Nobody cares about your Ferrari laptop, and nobody cares that you think Bluetooth is dead. I have expressed my displeasure for the "_____ is dead" rantings of various sensationalists before. Bluetooth is just now taking off, it is a terribly cool medium for wireless headsets, cellular phones, PDAs, etc. I have an 12" Powerbook G4, which, along with every new Apple computer sold, has Bluetooth functionality built in. I apologize if PC vendors fall asleep at the wheel, but that does not mean he should bash a whole standard. That would be like me saying "SATA is dead".

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